Example sentences of "[be] one [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So that could be one little mystery rolled up .
2 Although I had wanted to go away and agreed to go away , when the time came I also felt that I was being pushed out of the nest , and that my parents were glad to be rid of me , in that there would be one fewer person to cater for .
3 A feature on the noises made by muscles in action had several member of staff listening to their own thunder by covering their ears with their thumbs and tightening their hand into fists The magazine also revived all the explanation that could account for the Loch Ness monster , an overture to the silly season , though there was little evidence that there would be one this year .
4 ( Actually his dismissal of this type of evidence as not being relevant to institutions is one many anthropologists would agree with . )
5 The diesel filter caps — there is one each side — are thoughtfully positioned on the front edges of the cab and the tank overall holds 230 litres ( 60gal ) .
6 Then there 's one half way up up the Cambridge Road ai n't there ?
7 And I 'm not shamed by my English , so that 's one fewer fomenter of cafard .
8 And er , of course , er there was one either side of the waggon .
9 There was one little girl there called Isobel , who must be twenty-something now , but she was about nine then , and a right handful .
10 There was one little girl called who used to like following me around when I was there .
11 Kelly 's dream was one most girls of 11 would expect to come true .
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